Infectious Disease Alert articles from September 2005

Infectious Disease Alert archives from September 2005

Kingella kingae Skeletal Infections in Children.
September 1, 2005... Kingella kingae Skeletal Infections in Children Abstract & Commentary By Hal B. Jenson, MD, FAAP, Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Director, Center for Pediatric Research, Eastern Virginia Medical School and Children's Hospital of the...

Metronidazole: Still First-Line Therapy for Antibiotic-Associated Colitis?
September 1, 2005... Metronidazole: Still First-Line Therapy for Antibiotic-Associated Colitis? Abstract & Commentary By Robert Muder, MD, Hospital Epidemiologist, Pittsburgh VA Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Section Editor, Hospital Epidemiology, is...

Tigecycline (Tygacil).
September 1, 2005... Tigecycline (Tygacil) By Jessica C. Song, MA, PharmD, and Hyunah Eom, PharmD Jessica Song is Assistant Professor of Pharmacy Practice, University of the Pacific, Stockton, CA. Pharmacy Clerkship and Coordinator, Santa Clara Valley...

Invasion of the Probiotics: Iatrogenic Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fungemia.
September 1, 2005... Invasion of the Probiotics: Iatrogenic Saccharomyces cerevisiae Fungemia Abstract & Commentary By Robert Muder, MD, Hospital Epidemiologist, Pittsburgh VA Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Section Editor, Hospital Epidemiology, is associate...

Inhibition of Daptomycin By Pulmonary Surfactant.
September 1, 2005... Inhibition of Daptomycin By Pulmonary Surfactant Abstract and Commentary By Dean L. Winslow, MD, Chief, Division of AIDS Medicine, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Clinical Professor, Stanford University School of Medicine, Section...

Updates by Carol A Kemper.
September 1, 2005... Updates By Carol A. Kemper, MD, FACP, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Stanford University, Division of Infectious Diseases; Santa Clara Valley Medical Center, Section Editor, Updates Section Editor, HIV, is Associate Editor for...

Pharmacology Watch: Beta-Blockers May Be Useful for Noncardiac Surgery.
September 1, 2005... Beta-Blockers May Be Useful for Noncardiac Surgery Pharmacology Watch High risk patients benefit from perioperative beta-blockers when undergoing major noncardiac surgery according to new study. Researchers from Tufts University reviewed...

Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement.
September 1, 2005... Click here for the September 2005 Clinical Briefs in Primary Care supplement SOURCE-Infectious Disease Alert

CME objectives/questions.
September 1, 2005... CME Objectives The objectives of Infectious Disease Alert are: *To discuss diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases; *To present current data regarding use of new antibiotics for commonly diagnosed diseases and new uses for...